About Brian Andersen
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Bio: Brian Andersen is a super, major, comic book nerd to the Nth degree and beyond! Since he was a wee boy of eight Brian has mauled through comics and now that he has somewhat matured he has finally realized his life-long goal of creating his very own indie comic book called "So Super Duper!"
So Super Duper is a cute tale about an everyman superhero named Psyche, who isn't quite as super as his powerful teammates. He slowly learns that his lack of super abilities isn't the only thing that makes him different, as everyone (but himself), knows that he is totally gay!
For fun previews of his book totally check out So Super Duper!
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Jay Faerber is developing quite the fantastically fun superhero universe within Image Comics. Dynamo 5 is his latest contribution to his growing playground of heroes, and I love it. For those of you not in the know, (and if you aren’t reading why the heck aren’t you?), Dynamo 5 follows the story of the 5 illegitimate, multi-ethnic children, (6 if you include the child he had with his super villain nemesis) of the late, great, and perpetually horny - since the kids were all from different mothers (man did he get around) - fallen hero Captain Dynamo.
Each of his 5 kids posses one of the Captain’s superpowers: Scatterbrain = telepathy, Slingshot = flight, Scrap = strength, Visionary = laser beamy eyes and Myriad = shape shifting. The kids, total strangers and completely unaware of each other’s existence at the start of the series, much less that they were children of a superhero, were brought together upon Captain Dynamo death by his tough-as-nails widowed wife Maddie, herself a former reporter who was really a secret agent. Dynamo 5 is classic superhero fun but with a modern twist (the trade of the first seven issue is out now, totally run out and pick it up)!
Issue 8 starts a fresh new arc featuring a fun good-guys-beat-up-bad-guys story, one that reintroduces another of Faerber’s creations, the mother/daughter team the Firebirds. The Firebirds appeared in their own one-shot comic back in 2004 - which has been reprinted and is also available now - and it’s fabulous to see Faerber keeping his creations alive and well! The best part about Dynamo 5, and with each of his creations in fact, from Nobel Causes (which is still my most fave book of his and which will be returning after a short hiatus in March 2008) to Firebirds, is how Faerber digs into the often twisted and complicated relationships within a family dynamic. Dynamo 5 explores a modern family, one that has been brought together through deception and superheroing.
It’s a book about a family of kids learning about each other, themselves and the superhero life that has been thrust upon them; see the great scene in this issue with the African-American Myriad - who has shape shifted into his white brother Scatterbrain – who is pretending to be his brother and who goes to his brother’s religious Texas family! Faerber does not shy from all the good and bad in today’s modern families, he dives right into and explores the secrets we all keep, the battles we wage and the ties that bind us together despite it all.
Dynamo 5 is a fantastically enjoyable book; fast paced, and regardless of it’s complicated exploration of family, very addictive and light. We need a book like this, something that reflects back on the great fluff stories of the past while managing to make its own path towards the future. Plus it features terrifically great art by Mahmud A. Asrar, whose storytelling abilities will surely rocket him to stardom.
Story by: Jay Faerber
Art by: Mahmud A. Asrar
Colors by Ron Riley
Letter by: Charles Pritchett
